South Korean minor opposition party launches anti-US beef campaign. A left-leaning South Korean opposition party launched a campaign Tuesday to buy up and destroy U.S. beef, expected to go on sale soon now that a three-year import ban has been lifted. [News Source]

Japan confirms 30th mad cow case. Tests performed on a 5-year old dairy cow confirmed that the cow, which died on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, was infected mad cow. [News Source]

30th case of mad cow confirmed. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Monday that a dairy cow which died earlier this month in Hokkaido has tested positive for mad cow disease, making it Japan's 30th case. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]